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pierre485 @pierre485.bsky.social · 1d

Some tidbits from TheGameBusiness :
• Ghost of Yotei sales are in-line with Ghost of Tsushima launch (2020), the biggest 1st party release since Spider-Man 2 (2023)
• SMG + SMG2 launch is soft, selling only a quarter of what SM3D All-Stars managed at release

pierre485 @pierre485.bsky.social · 1d

Europe Charts | Week 40, 2025 (Sep 29 - Oct 5)

1. FC 26 (-62%)
2. Ghost of Yotei (NEW)
3. SMG + SMG2 (NEW)
4. Digimon Story TS (NEW)
5. Doom Eternal (+8610%)
6. Far Cry Primal (+3060%)
7. Hogwarts Legacy (+177%)
8. RDR2 (+342%)
9. South Park (+13256%)
10. FF Tactics (NEW)

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pierre485 @pierre485.bsky.social · 1d

Source (via InstallBase) : thegamebusiness.com/p/ghost-of-y...

What's included? :
• Retail sales
• Digital sales from participating publishers (image below), excluding Nintendo Eshop
• Bundle
• Ranking in units sold (23 territories / ibb.co/RTFTDwq4)

pierre485 @pierre485.bsky.social · 9d

Europe Charts | Week 39, 2025 (Sep 22 - Sep 28)

1. FC 26 (-14%)
2. Silent Hill f (NEW)
3. Sonic CrossWorlds (NEW)
4. Borderlands 4 (-60%)
5. GTA V (-16%)
6. NBA 2K26 (-20%)
7. AC Shadows (+46%)
8. Hogwarts Legacy (-31%)
9. DBZ Kakarot (+889%)
10. MK8 Deluxe* (+4%)

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pierre485 @pierre485.bsky.social · 1d

Europe Charts | Week 40, 2025 (Sep 29 - Oct 5)

1. FC 26 (-62%)
2. Ghost of Yotei (NEW)
3. SMG + SMG2 (NEW)
4. Digimon Story TS (NEW)
5. Doom Eternal (+8610%)
6. Far Cry Primal (+3060%)
7. Hogwarts Legacy (+177%)
8. RDR2 (+342%)
9. South Park (+13256%)
10. FF Tactics (NEW)

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pierre485 @pierre485.bsky.social · 1d

Source : Media Create via GNN (InstallBase)

pierre485 @pierre485.bsky.social · 8d

South Korea Charts | Week 39, 2025 (Sep 22 - Sep 28)

1 [NS2] Mario Kart World (=)
2 [PS5] Silent Hill f (NEW)
3 [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (-1)
4 [PS5] EA Sports FC 26 (NEW)
5 [NSW] Minecraft (-2)

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pierre485 @pierre485.bsky.social · 1d

South Korea Charts | Week 40, 2025 (Sep 29 - Oct 5)

1 [PS5] Ghost of Yotei (NEW)
2 [NS2] Mario Kart World (-1)
3 [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (=)
4 [PS5] Digimon Story: Time Stranger (NEW)
5 [NSW] Minecraft (=)

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pierre485 @pierre485.bsky.social · 1d

Source : Media Create via GNN (InstallBase)

pierre485 @pierre485.bsky.social · 8d

Taiwan Charts | Week 39, 2025 (Sep 22 - Sep 28)

1 [PS5] Silent Hill f (NEW)
2 [NS2] Mario Kart World (+1)
3 [PS5] Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds (NEW)
4 [PS5] Atelier Resleriana (NEW)
5 [PS5] Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter (-4)

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pierre485 @pierre485.bsky.social · 1d

Taiwan Charts | Week 40, 2025 (Sep 29 - Oct 5)

1 [PS5] Ghost of Yotei (NEW)
2 [NSW] Super Mario Galaxy 1 + 2 (NEW)
3 [PS5] Digimon Story: Time Stranger (NEW)
4 [NS2] Mario Kart World (-2)
5 [PS5] Silent Hill f (-4)

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pierre485 @pierre485.bsky.social · 1d

The DLC generated over $180m for an estimated ¥500m budget (~$3m).
And Gamefreak note that the cost for the DLC was high this time.
Crazy how small the budget is, insane ROI

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pierre485 @pierre485.bsky.social · 1d

Pokemon Scarlet / Violet DLC sold over 6.15m units as of December 2023
• 2.96m units sold in Japan
• 3.19m units sold overseas
• 25% of Scarlet / Violet players bought the DLC

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pierre485 @pierre485.bsky.social · 3d

6 [NSW] Final Fantasy Tactics (NEW)
7 [XBS] EA Sports FC 26 (-2)
8 [PS5] Silent Hill f (-5)
9 [NSW] Minecraft (-1)
10 [PS5] Final Fantasy Tactics (NEW)

Ranking in units, retail only, no bundle
Source : GFK via RadioFR

pierre485 @pierre485.bsky.social · 10d

France Charts | Week 39, 2025 (Sep 22 - Sep 28)

1 [PS5] EA Sports FC 26 (NEW)
2 [PS4] EA Sports FC 26 (NEW)
3 [PS5] Silent Hill f (NEW)
4 [NSW] EA Sports FC 26 (NEW)
5 [XBS] EA Sports FC 26 (NEW)

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pierre485 @pierre485.bsky.social · 3d

France Charts | Week 40, 2025 (Sep 29 - Oct 5)

1 [PS5] Ghost of Yōtei (NEW)
2 [PS5] EA Sports FC 26 (-1)
3 [NSW] Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 (NEW)
4 [PS5] EA Sports FC 26 (-2)
5 [NSW] EA Sports FC 26 (-1)

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pierre485 @pierre485.bsky.social · 5d

Switch 2 3rd month is kind of impressive given it's August, the slowest month of the 2nd half of the year.

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pierre485 @pierre485.bsky.social · 5d

Nintendo Switch sales in the US
• March 2017 - 906k units
• April 2017 - 281k units
• May 2017 - 165k units
Total - 1.352m units

PlayStation 4 sales in the US
• November 2013 - 1.14m units
• December 2013 - 863k units
• January 2014 - 271k units
Total - 2.274m units

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pierre485 @pierre485.bsky.social · 5d

Nintendo Switch 2 sales in the US
• June 2025 - 1.6m units
• July 2025 - 480k units
• August 2025 ~ 320k units
Total - 2.4m units

pierre485 @pierre485.bsky.social · 7d

For hardware, Nintendo Switch 2 increase offset both PS5 and XBS decrease
• Nintendo Switch 2 reach 2.4m units in 3 months
- Ahead of PS4 by 5%
- Ahead of Switch 1 by 77%

*Nintendo does not share digital sales
*Bundle sales not included

Thanks, @matpiscatella.bsky.social

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pierre485 @pierre485.bsky.social · 5d

[Milestones] Week 40, 2025

+100.000
[PS5] Ghost of Yotei - 120.196 / NEW

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pierre485 @pierre485.bsky.social · 5d

Platforms :
PS5 - 183.740 units (49%)
NSW - 129.717 units (34%)
NS2 - 59.068 units (16%)
PS4 - 4.067 units (1%)
Total - 376.592 units

Publishers :
Sony Interactive - 120.196 units (31,9%)
Nintendo - 107.378 units (28,5%)
Square Enix - 81.901 units (21,7%)

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pierre485 @pierre485.bsky.social · 5d

Top 30 Software (Sep 29 - Oct 5)

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pierre485 @pierre485.bsky.social · 6d

• Ghost of Yotei debut with about half of Ghost of Tsushima
• The Mario Galaxy bundle did okay for what it is, but only a quarter of 3D All-Stars debut
• FF Tactics launch with 75k units, solid debut for a remaster
• Switch 2 flat
• Nice PS5 bump
• Switch 1 still up somehow

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pierre485 @pierre485.bsky.social · 6d

[Software] Week 40, 2025
• Ghost of Yotei debut over 120k units

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pierre485 @pierre485.bsky.social · 6d

[Hardware] Week 40, 2025
• Switch 2 stay stable in first place

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pierre485 @pierre485.bsky.social · 6d

1 [PS5] Ghost of Yotei - 120.196 / NEW
2 [NSW] Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 - 48.265 / NEW
3 [NSW] Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles - Deluxe Edition - 41.333 / NEW

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pierre485 @pierre485.bsky.social · 6d

Japan Charts | Week 40, 2025 (Sep 29 - Oct 5)

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pierre485 @pierre485.bsky.social · 7d

Counting every retail release :
Nintendo released 6 titles in the first 7 months of Switch 1 compared to 11 titles in the same period after Switch 2 launched.

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pierre485 @pierre485.bsky.social · 7d

Nintendo will have launched 6 major new titles in 7 months since Switch 2 released.
That's not counting the Mario galaxy bundle and NS2 Editions.
It's more than the first Nintendo Switch, which only got 5 titles (counting MK8 Deluxe).

pierre485 @pierre485.bsky.social · Sep 12

Nintendo Software Schedule
• Updated with Nintendo Direct announcements

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pierre485 @pierre485.bsky.social · 7d

The Mario Kart World bundle account for over 80% of Nintendo Switch 2 sold in the US (Circana)
Mario Kart World is over 1.9m units sold, counting bundle sales alone.

pierre485 @pierre485.bsky.social · 7d

For hardware, Nintendo Switch 2 increase offset both PS5 and XBS decrease
• Nintendo Switch 2 reach 2.4m units in 3 months
- Ahead of PS4 by 5%
- Ahead of Switch 1 by 77%

*Nintendo does not share digital sales
*Bundle sales not included

Thanks, @matpiscatella.bsky.social

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